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. >> shame on the nra! >> reporter: as demonstrators marched on nra headquarters, phone calls poured in to congressional offices. >> okay, so you're in support of gun control legislation? >> reporter: kentucky democrat john yarmuth says most of the calls have been in favor of new gun restrictions. as a democrat from a conservative southern state, yarmuth says he avoided the issue for the past six years. but now he wants to reinstate the ban on assault weapons. >> nothing's going to bring back those 20 children and six very courageous educators. but we can make sure that's our inspiration, battle cry. and i won't be quiet anymore. >> reporter: neither will senator joe manchin of west virginia. like yarmuth, he has a record of being pro-gun rights. he even fired in a campaign ad. after friday's shooting, manchin says there must be a way to limit the purchase of high-capacity magazines. >> this is not about the second amendment to our constitution or taking guns away. it's been having an intelligent conversati
. >> shame on the nra! >> reporter: as demonstrators marched on nra headquarters, phone calls poured in to congressional offices. >> okay, so you're in support of gun control legislation? >> reporter: kentucky democrat john yarmuth says most of the calls have been in favor of new gun restrictions. as a democrat from a conservative southern state, yarmuth says he avoided the issue for the past six years. but now he wants to reinstate the ban on assault weapons. >>...
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what should we expect from the nra other than a statement? >> if history is a guide, and you go on past behavior, the nra, the last time they were pushed into a corner was when murder was at its all-time high in the u.s. in the mid-1990s. they came out in support of the background check we use today. mostly they come out and say we need to do a better job of enforcing existing laws, not new laws. that means things like more names from people who have been adjudicated, mentally defected, to be added to the data base of prohibitive people. right now there's only 1,700,000. lots of states don't contribute at all because of privacy rules. more tracking down of people who aren't supposed to have guns and things like that. >> i'm curious, though, if they'll do more. they've already said on friday on this press conference they're going to have a major press conference. i'm curious if they're going to say something more. you're right that's in their track record. what about gun sales? we've now read gun sales are up huge. how much were they up after
what should we expect from the nra other than a statement? >> if history is a guide, and you go on past behavior, the nra, the last time they were pushed into a corner was when murder was at its all-time high in the u.s. in the mid-1990s. they came out in support of the background check we use today. mostly they come out and say we need to do a better job of enforcing existing laws, not new laws. that means things like more names from people who have been adjudicated, mentally defected,...
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and defying the nra. and that being the case i just think it's very very unlikely as a pragmatic political matter for anything to be enacted. >> but there is going to be a push for action in congress. tomorrow the brady campaign to prevent gun violence named for president reagan's press secretary who was shot in the assassination attempt on the president, the brady campaign plans to bring survivors and victim families from the shootings in aurora colorado arizona, and columbine to capitol hill. >> thank you. the fiscal cliff negotiation is suddenly making progress. john boehner broke the log jam with a phone call on friday. major garrett is also at the white house. good morning. >> good morning charlie. there could be a deal as early as this week. many words from senior officials, the log jam has been broken. how has it been broken? in a phone call on friday. in that phone conversation speaker boehner said he was willing. and house republicans would vote for higher marginal income tax rates on those house
and defying the nra. and that being the case i just think it's very very unlikely as a pragmatic political matter for anything to be enacted. >> but there is going to be a push for action in congress. tomorrow the brady campaign to prevent gun violence named for president reagan's press secretary who was shot in the assassination attempt on the president, the brady campaign plans to bring survivors and victim families from the shootings in aurora colorado arizona, and columbine to capitol...
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control, and in 2004 when the a assault bans weapon ran out they said well the war is over and the nra has won. since then politicens democrats and republicans have been extremely reluctant to talk about this. during the last session of congress, no gun control legislation of any kind. when i say gun control, i'm talking about things like tightening background checks, that sort of thing. nothing got out of committee. there was no vote on the floor as far as i can think of on that kind of legislation. so this is going to be a very very difficult thing to do. but, you know the question we have to ask ourselves is what happened yesterday? are we as a society going to accept that as normal? as something that we can't do anything about? and i think that is going to be the base question that we have to ask as a people. >> bob, it's not clear from what the president said yesterday how prepared he is to make it an issue. there was a statement from the mayor of new york calling again for gun control. he's one of the few public officials even talking about it. as you point out, there isn't even
control, and in 2004 when the a assault bans weapon ran out they said well the war is over and the nra has won. since then politicens democrats and republicans have been extremely reluctant to talk about this. during the last session of congress, no gun control legislation of any kind. when i say gun control, i'm talking about things like tightening background checks, that sort of thing. nothing got out of committee. there was no vote on the floor as far as i can think of on that kind of...
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we'll hear about gun control on "face the nation" bob schieffer interviewed nra's president david keene. >>> it is one week since the newtown, connecticut, school shooting which changed the gun control debate. short time ago americans paused to honor the 20 children and 6 women who were killed in that massacre. bell toll [ bell tolling ] church bells rang 26 times as newtown officials and residents stood with connecticut governor dan malloy. churches also rang their bells in washington and other cities. on thursday services were held for six of the people killed inside sandy hook elementary school. there was also a funeral in new hampshire for nancy lanza, the mother and first victim of gunman adam lanza. seth doane is in newtown where more funerals for the victims will be held this morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie and good morning to our viewers in the west. across the country, governors and mayors have called for a special day of mourning and a moment of silence to mark one week since this tragedy. >> it sucks. there's no reason for us to be here tonight. >> repor
we'll hear about gun control on "face the nation" bob schieffer interviewed nra's president david keene. >>> it is one week since the newtown, connecticut, school shooting which changed the gun control debate. short time ago americans paused to honor the 20 children and 6 women who were killed in that massacre. bell toll [ bell tolling ] church bells rang 26 times as newtown officials and residents stood with connecticut governor dan malloy. churches also rang their bells in...